It is amusing that they name their environmental program DERP. Considering that for decades the military's "environmental disposal method" went as follows:

Sgt Jones: "Alright LCpl Smith, I want you and Pvt. Jones to get rid of this truckload of waste oil, contaminated fuel, and cleaning products."LCpl Smith: "Oohrah Sergeant, where do you want us to take it?"Sgt. Jones: "Just take it out to the empty field behind battalion headquarters and dump it. Make sure it soaks in and doesn't leave a nasty puddle"LCpl Smith: "Roger that Sergeant"Sgt. Jones: "Remember, that's some nasty shait, so try not to get any on your uniform, because it'll stain, and I'll have your ass. And don't smoke while you're dumping it."LCpl Smith: "No problem Sergeant."Sgt. Jones: "And while you're at it, we have an GI inspection next week, and our numbers don't match. Take these cases of lead acid batteries and go dump them in the lake so we don't get busted for having them."

Ishidan:devildog123: It is amusing that they name their environmental program DERP. Considering that for decades the military's "environmental disposal method" went as follows:Yup.

They disposed of unused munitions the same way.

If it wasn't the ocean it was the woods. I remember a forest fire in Storm King State Park near West Point in New York back in 1999. The firefighters there found out about the disposed munitions the moderately hard way (no one was killed, thank goodness).

While attending a family celebration welcoming my nephew home from the military we were tossing the bull about this and that. I happened to throw out "fap" in a sentence and my nephew lost his mind to hear his fat old uncle using internet jargon. Then he took out his smartphone and showed me a pic of a Directory in a military building telling visitors who was on what floor. The abbreviation FAP was in front of every name on the Directory. Chuckles were had by all.

I use D.E.R.P. for those scammers who claim they're "from technical support" trying to help me because my "computer is sending them error messages."

"Hello?""Hello, this is technical...""This is the Department of Emergency Response Planning, Agent Anderson speaking. Who is your field handler?"Uhhhh...""Sir, are you under duress?""Uhhhh...""I understand that you are under duress. We've begun a trace. Looks like you're in... I see, we're getting bounces, one, two, three, ok we've got you locked... in northern India. We have a spec ops team in Pakistan that we're mobilizing. Do not leave the facility you are in, we will have a team there in three hours."

devildog123:It is amusing that they name their environmental program DERP. Considering that for decades the military's "environmental disposal method" went as follows:

Sgt Jones: "Alright LCpl Smith, I want you and Pvt. Jones to get rid of this truckload of waste oil, contaminated fuel, and cleaning products."LCpl Smith: "Oohrah Sergeant, where do you want us to take it?"Sgt. Jones: "Just take it out to the empty field behind battalion headquarters and dump it. Make sure it soaks in and doesn't leave a nasty puddle"LCpl Smith: "Roger that Sergeant"Sgt. Jones: "Remember, that's some nasty shait, so try not to get any on your uniform, because it'll stain, and I'll have your ass. And don't smoke while you're dumping it."LCpl Smith: "No problem Sergeant."Sgt. Jones: "And while you're at it, we have an GI inspection next week, and our numbers don't match. Take these cases of lead acid batteries and go dump them in the lake so we don't get busted for having them."

That sounds about right. In an Army unit, it would be SPC Smith doing that detail and he'd say "Hooah" instead of "Oohrah," but otherwise you're spot-on.